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High Paw, Super Sebastian
A few years ago, I was invited to talk to a group of kindergarteners about foster care. It’s one of the toughest assignments I’ve ever had, which...
The Transformational Work of Listening
In the course of our careers as ministers in the Episcopal Church, there have been moments when we have necessarily needed to have difficult conversations about how...
Seasons of Darkness and Light
Carl Jung once stated: “Everything psychic is pregnant with the future.” He says that we need “to be at home in the darkness of suffering and there...
Responding to Coronavirus
Here is an update on how we at Braid are responding to the coronavirus outbreak. One of our guiding principles at Braid is that of communion, and...
Communion Has No Expiration
I was having a conversation with one mentor at the Braid Holiday Party who shared how her favorite holiday was Thanksgiving because it was the time when...
Featured Facilitator: Allegra
1) What made you interested in serving as a facilitator for a Braid team? After meeting several colleagues who came through the foster system and discussing some...
Why We Walk
We are walking because Braid started five years ago this month as a challenge. As we celebrate this milestone, this walk is symbolic of Braid’s earliest days,...
Transforming Pain
This has been a sad and scary week in America. Like many of you, I have been feeling helpless in the face of so much violence and...
Building Trust
Building trust simply takes time. I know this in my head: we say this in every Braid training and reinforce it over and over to almost all...
With Gratitude for the Caregiver
On three separate occasions this week I have been reminded of one of the great privileges that we are allowed as Braid, whether as mentors, facilitators or...